How to install µTorrent on linuxmint 18.3

To install µ Torrent on Linux Mint 18.3
µ Torrent is a freeware, closed source BitTorrent client by BitTorrent, Inc. Its the Software Developed for Downloading a Large Number of Files. Its a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol used for distributing large amounts of data. It is so simple to install µ Torrent on Linux Mint 18.3 and this tutorial covers the ground on the same process.

Install µ Torrent

Open up your terminal window and run the following command to download the latest version of µ Torrent.

linuxhelp ~ # curl http://download.ap.bittorrent.com/track/beta/endpoint/utserver/os/linux-x64-ubuntu-13-04 -o utorrent-server.tar.gz
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 2206k  100 2206k    0     0   411k      0  0:00:05  0:00:05 --:--:--  714k 

After the download completes, extract the downloaded package.

linuxhelp ~ # tar -zxvf utorrent-server.tar.gz -C /opt/
utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/
utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/webui.zip
utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/utserver
utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/docs/
utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/docs/style.css
utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/docs/license.txt
utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/docs/Changes.txt
utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/docs/Server_Changes.pdf
utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/docs/footer_ut_address.gif
utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/docs/Server_Changes.html
utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/docs/Server_Changes.txt
utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/docs/uTorrent_Server.txt
utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/docs/uTorrent_Server.pdf
utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/docs/ut-logo.gif
utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/docs/uTorrent_Server.html

Assign a permission to grant access for everyone.

linuxhelp ~ # chmod 777 /opt/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/

Then create a symbolic link as follows.

linuxhelp ~ # ln -s /opt/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/utserver /usr/bin/utserver

Once it is done, you shall start the torrent. Use the following command to start uTorrent server. By default, uTorrent server listens on 0.0.0.0:8080. If there’ s another service also listens on port 8080, you should temporarily stop that service. uTorrent will also use port 10000 and 6881.

linuxhelp ~ # utserver -settingspath /opt/utorrent-server-alpha-v3_3/

You can now visit the uTorrent web UI in your browser by entering the following URL in the browser:
your-server-ip:8080/gui or localhost:8080/gui

With this, the method to install µ Torrent on Linux Mint18.3 comes to an end.